Matewan
Summary: A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Runtime: 2 h 15 min
MPAA: PG-13
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 4,000,000
Domestic: $ 1,680,358
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1920safrican americanambushappalachiabackwoodsbased on true storybetrayalbigotryboarding houseboy ministerchurchclass struggleclotheslinecoal minecoal minercoal miningcoal towncompanycompany townconfession under tortureconfrontationdouble gun holsterdrugstoreeavesdroppingevictionfireforemangungun for hiregun holsterholsterimmigrantindependent filmitalian americanlaborlabor activistlabor disputelabor leaderlabor movementlabor relationslabor strikelabor unionlabor violenceloss of sonmartial lawmayormedalminermining campmining companymonopolymother son relationshipmurderone word titleore cartperiod filmpolicepolice chiefracial slurracismrailway stationrape accusationrepressionsabotagesermonshootoutshouldershoulder holstersmall townsocial commentarystarvingstarving childstreet shootoutstrikestrugglethroat slittingtimeframe 1920stitle spoken by charactertowntown name in titletraintwo gun holsterunionunion movementvoice over narrationwest virginiawidowworkerworkersworld war one veteranwritten and directed by cast memberxenophobia
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